The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-30

predict that IN less than five years Crystal
Falls will be the metropolis Of the Me-
nominee Range, and known far and wide
as one 81 the greatest ore producing dis
tricts whose gateways have yet been
opened To the world, and indeed, from
the present outlook, itwould seem to be
within the range OF possibilities that
their predictions are likely 10 be verified.
There IL certainly not a town on the
Range that possesses So many mines and
such good prospects Of mines. Prepara-
tions are already being made, and in
some instances the work has actually
began, for putting spur tracks To several
OF the newly found properties. Towns
where older mines and perhaps larger
mines are situated, boast OF the great
work done, and probably look down
upon us with disdain, but they do not
stop TO consider the fact that, ''hc who
laughs last laughs best" we have "a score
+ or more infant mines here, mere babies
yet, that have yet their records To make.
The coming season viii see mines, good
ones, too, working In this vicinity, where
we little think OF now. We're not dead
yet, and will make stir in iron circles
that will lead people TO think that Crystal
Falls, and Crystal Falls alone, is the
Mecca OF the Upper Peninsula Capt.
talists can come here and invest their
money and have the satisfaction OF hav-
ing il returned to them and with an in
creasing revenue ever afterwards. Doubt
ers come and see for yourselves, and re-
member this Range il not i'm the hands
OF foolish, crazy spectators and that
machinery liz not purchased for mine
until the mine is found, az has been re-
ported from the Gogebic Range. Monied
men, who are anxious Ia invest in some
thing that will double their wealth, are
invited TO visit Crystal Falls and INSPECT
the various openings, and II they are not
satisfied with what they find here, need
go no farther.
Features Of interest i'm the iron market
, are nearly or quite as scarce AZ hens
teeth and dulness amounting TO mono
ers are only remarkable for not putting
i'm an appearance, and transactions are
infrequent and limited To unimportant
figures. Shipments to furnaces also
show slight decrease i'm comparison
with last week, though the falling off in
, not considerable. Lake ireights are un-
, changed and few charters are being made.
A prominent dealer informs us that sales
OF ore have recently been made for ship
!, ments east of the Allegheny mountains.
This may be an exceptional case or il
! may go to show that Lake Superior ores
are crowding foreign ores back. The out
, put Of the Lake Superior iron mines this
. year will be the largest on record and il
isgcnerally conceded will be much beyond
J what the available vessels will be able "a
! handle. good authority gives il ~
. fact that fully four fiiths OF the output
. for the coming season is already sold
We quote.
. No. / specular and magnetic Besse-
per ton............,...s,....S1 OOm7 %
i No. specular mon. Bessemer) ores
per ton. OOM6 .,
p Non Bessemer Hematites r O0M5 II
/, Cleveland Iron Trade Review.
! The work at the Windfall, sector
x twenty-five, 1882, shocking better thar
= for some time and the prospect of d
4 mine here is assured. or late, work ha,
G been confined to one pit, which is nov
r down sixty-five feet i'm ore Of very goot
Y quality. II is the intention OF Supt
g Fisher TO lower this shaft To n depth %
= one hundred and twenty-five feet an,
d then cross-cut north and south for Tn,
n walls A vast amount OF test-pittinl
;. has been done ON this property and /,
n no avail for the reason that work would
y be abandoned at an average depth O
q thirty-five feet, this, in "A measure, wa
b caused by an abundance OF water at tina
depth, but after sinking several pits i
should have been seen that much tim,
: and money was being expended by no
placing boiler and pumps on the prop
: erty. This setback, was, however
remedied sometime since and the result
: was az predicted by the writer, that Their
! was ore there, but IL would never b'
: found until they went deep for IL. Mr.
!, Fisher is, justly too, very much elatec
! over the present prospects Of the proper
:. ty. John s. George and other Milwau
!. keeans are heavily interested.